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What does wield mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word wield? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (obsolete) To command, rule over; to possess or own.
  2. (obsolete) To control, to guide or manage.
  3. To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool.
  4. To exercise (authority or influence) effectively.
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For the next six days it will be creativity unplugged as the artists wield brush and give vent to their ideas.
They will wield whatever power is necessary to do it, undermine whichever country when it seems useful to do so.
Tamora kept her seat, one hand free to wield her sword with unnervingly good aim.
These fifty-somethings have plans, and the spending power to wield influence.
At school, she was barely able to wield a badminton racket with any proficiency and here she was in a swordfight.
The most impressive new feature is the ability to wield two weapons at once.

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